Angle grinding my chain off today

[Yellow Paddy]

My flat got burgled and a load of keys taken, so today I will be taking a battery powered angle grinder to my Oxford monster chain (or padlock) to release my bike.

Tbh I'm conflicted - I want it to be hard to get through, but not too hard!

[Landy10]

Did it not come with two keys and you keep one in a hidden away place?
Or is that just me?

[Yellow Paddy]

Fair question but the burglar had time to go through all my belongings and took all keys to the padlock. I'll also be needing a new laser cut BMW key

[Landy10]

[MarJay]

I split each pair of keys I have and either keep one on me, or hidden somewhere pretty damn difficult to find. I hope you have some success, and a nasty disease befalls the perpetrator.
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[Hawkeye1250FA]

Well, assuming he took the keys with a plan to come back.....

I imagine at some point in the not too distant future he will have a small accident with an angle grinder to the testicles...
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[Yellow Paddy]

Borrowed a DeWalt 18v grinder and it went through pretty easily. The disc was used but it was probably 60 seconds cutting time to get through the padlock bar, although I took much longer to avoid cutting the chain. I imagine it would have gone through the chain very easily indeed.

More worrying was that in the underground car park where I did it, and which is attended during the day, I was completely undisturbed...

[P.addy]

It was an Oxford. They wouldn't need keys, just a Luke warm butter knife.

Shit news, definitely replace chain with something more secure though.

[andym]

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